Bio-based industry

Yorkshire and the Humber is home to a thriving range of industries that use bio-based raw materials and processes. Our particular strengths include the food and drink industry, bio-based chemicals and bio-energy.

Food and drink

Over 80 real ale breweries produce almost a third of the UK’s beer.
The innovation-driven Nestlé Product Technology Centre is based in York.
One of the UK’s largest food and drink clusters, contributing £1.7 billion to the regional economy.
Household names Arla, Quorn, Mars, McCain and Young’s all have bases in the region.

Bio-based chemicals

Close proximity to two of the UK’s four chemical clusters.
More than 450 chemical companies are based here, accounting for 10% of the UK’s chemistry-related activity.
Croda is a global leader in natural-based speciality chemicals, headquartered in East Yorkshire.

Biofuels and biorefineries

Drax is the UK’s largest renewable power plant and one of the UK’s first carbon capture, storage and utilisation projects.
Family company Brocklesby specialises in converting vegetable oil and other food waste into energy.
Wilson Bio-Chemical has invented a process to convert raw municipal solid waste (MSW) into pelletised organic-MSW for further conversion into aviation biofuels or chemicals.

Why here?

Food and drink

Our region has the UK’s greatest concentration of food and drink companies.

Our region’s bio-based industry

Food and drink

Bio-based chemicals

Biofuels and biorefineries

Why here?

Food and drink

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Our region’s bio-based industry

Food and drink

Bio-based chemicals

Biofuels and biorefineries

Why here?

Food and drink

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